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A. L. BAUGHMAN.

SHINGLE. l APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 19|8.

vPaterlied. Nov. 18, 1919.

L l I l i annuals f sev ALTON L. BAUG-I-IMAN,l 0F WOLFLAKE, 'INDIANASHINGLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AL'roN L. BAUGHMAN, a citizen of the United States,residin at Wolfiake, in the county of Noble and tate of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Shingle, of which the following is aspeciication.

It is the object of this invention to provide a shingle of novel form,so constructed that when a tongue at the upper end of the shingle isnailed to a roof board or otherwise held thereon by a securing element,the lower portion of the shingle may be swung upwardly, to overlie thetongue and the securing element, thereby housingand protecting the same.against the action of the elements.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shingle so constructedthat adequate drainage will be afforded.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the inventionappertains. v

Changes such as a mechanic might make, may be resorted to within thescope of what is claimed, without vdeparting from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a roof constructedof shingles of the-kind described in this application, one course ofshingles being turned downwardly and being shown in the positions theywill assume before they are turned upwardly to hide the securing ele--ments whereby the shingles are held tothe roof board. p

Fig. 2 is a plan showing a portion of a completed roof made out ofshingles of the kind hereinafter described; and Fig. 3 is a fragment'alsection taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental elevation showing a mmlication.

Each shingle includes a body 1 made of any desirable fiexible waterproofmaterial, the body being provided at one end with a tongue 2. A layer 3of asphaltum and some heatresisting substance may be superposed on thebody 1, if desired, the layer terminating at the line 4 of juncturebetween the body 1 and the tongue 2.

The side edges of the tongue 2 converge as shown at 5.

Let it be supposed .that a course 6 of Specification of Letters Patent.Patented NOV, 18, 1919,

Application filed April 8, 1918. Serial No. 227,321.

shingles has been laid on a rootl board 9 as hereinafter described; Thenthe shingles of another course are superposed on the course 6. Securingelements, such as nails 7 are driven throughthe tongues 2 into the roofboard 9. Subsequently, the body portions l of the shingle are swungupwardly, from the position of Fig. 1 to the position of Fig. 2, inorder to cover tongues 2 and the securing elements 7, so that the latterare protected against the weather.

It is to be observed that the' converging edges 5 of the tongue 2 ofadjoining shingles form V-shaped openings 8 which aid in directing thewater toward the meeting edges of the shingles, and out from between theshingles.

As shown in Fig. 4, the tongue of the shingle is designated by thenumeral 50 and is perforated at 51 to let out the water and to admitair. It is clear that by letting out water from between the tongue andthe body of the shingle, and by admitting air therebetween, adeterioration of the shingle will be avoided. The essential features ofthe invention may be embodied in a metal shingle or a rolled rooting.

In practice, asphaltum shingles are not laid with their longitudinaledges in hermetic Contact, and, as a consequence, some water is bound toind its way between the longitudinal edges of the shingles. In anyevent, regardless of the space existing between the longitudinal edgesof the shingles, some water is bound to find its way between thelongitudinal edges, and, consequently, the V-shaped openings 8 are notwithout function as a draining means. As shown in Fig. 3, the body 1 ofthe shingle is reinforced by the layer 3 of asphaltum, and

in bending the shingle at 52 to dispose the tongue beneath the bodyportion of the shingle. the bend does not occur exactly along the lineindicated by the reference numeral 52 in Figs. 3 and 4, but, rather, ata point slightly to the rear of thatline. As a consequence, when thetongues are located beneath the body of the shingle, the openings 51 liein the bend which connects the tongue and the body, and, consequently,

water is let out from between the tongue and the body, and airis let in.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:-

In a roof, the combination with a substructure, of flexible shinglesprovided atv one end with a tongue, and securing devices uniting thetongues with the sub-structure, the shingles being folded upwardly tocover the tongues and the securing devices, the edges of the tonguesbeing disposed in converging relation7V to forni V-shaped ope 1iingsbetween the tongues ofadjoining shingles, thereby atfording a drainagefor Water which finds its Way between the longitudinal edges ofadjoining shingles; and a layer of plastic material on the outer surfaceof each

